Gojo Satoru, whose head had just grown back slightly, suddenly vanished.
Mahito's pupils shook from shock. This wasn't an Aerial Double Jump; it was the shortening of distance through space manipulation—Gojo Satoru's Limitless!
The Limitless was activated?! ...Damn it, I've been tricked!
This bastard calculated that I would give up on using Reverse Cursed Technique or similar means to restore my lower body and choose to pursue him instead. As long as I saw his pre-planned Aerial Double Jump and the disappearance of his brain, I would definitely assume he had no power to fight back but still possessed a strong ability to escape. At that point, Mahito really didn't have many choices.
Either use Star Rage for a massive blast, but seeing as he could use an Aerial Double Jump even with his brain gone, I'm afraid Star Rage wouldn't kill him unless it was a direct hit. But how hard would a direct hit be?
Or... just use Domain Expansion directly.
But using Domain Expansion has a fatal flaw. Its use consumes a massive amount of a Jujutsu Sorcerer's Cursed Energy. In the original work, when Mahito used Domain Expansion in his battle against Kokichi Muta, he also said that even he would need 10 days to fully recover the power for Domain Expansion.
The current Mahito has the body template of Kinji Hakari with Infinite Cursed Energy, so he is naturally much stronger than the original Mahito. Even if his Cursed Energy was exhausted in the previous moment, it would fully recover in the next. But don't forget that Mahito's waist and abdomen had just been severed by Gojo Satoru's punch; he had lost the cursed energy core for Cursed Energy recovery.
The current Mahito is not a pure spirit, but a Half-Cursed Spirit. He indeed has a cursed energy core. In fact, it is precisely because he is a Half-Cursed Spirit that he can better simulate Kinji Hakari's Infinite Cursed Energy. The composition of a pure Cursed Spirit is truly different from that of a human; he really wouldn't be able to simulate Kinji Hakari's Infinite Cursed Energy with a Cursed Spirit's body.
In other words, if he used Domain Expansion at this very moment, even Mahito would lose all his Cursed Energy!
Damn, luckily Idle Transfiguration can perform self-regeneration while pursuing. Otherwise, according to common logic, I really would have been taken down by Gojo Satoru. This son of a bitch is clearly as battle-crazed as I am, yet he could still set a trap while fighting like a maniac. What terrifying presence of mind and combat experience!
Gojo Satoru appeared in the valley ruins below. By now, his brain had finished regenerating. It turned out he hadn't regenerated his head in order.
Instead, he directly connected the nerve clusters on his spine to reach the frontal lobe of the brain. He cast everything else aside to first regenerate his Innate Technique, betting that Mahito would definitely chase after him.
Gojo Satoru's head was finally completely restored. His Six Eyes opened again, and he looked up with a surprised smile: "Mahito, you really are a cat."
Mahito canceled the release of the Domain Expansion and fell from mid-air, landing on the other side of the valley.
He clicked his tongue. "Is it really the gap in combat experience between us? I clearly held such a massive advantage, and you indeed had no defenses, yet you broke every single one of the traps I set, until now."
"In other words, are you really out of tricks?"
Hearing this question, Mahito laughed. "It seems you've been screwed over by me so badly that you've developed PTSD."
PTSD is the abbreviation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a psychological illness specifically referring to a stress response that occurs immediately after witnessing the same or similar experiences. Gojo Satoru had fallen into almost every trap Mahito dug in this battle. Even someone as carefree as Gojo Satoru would now become vigilant when facing any of Mahito's unconventional actions.
Gojo Satoru couldn't help but ask, "How exactly did you do it? How could you use Reverse Cursed Technique to restore your cursed energy core while simultaneously performing Domain Expansion without any hesitation in such a short time?"
As expected, Gojo Satoru hadn't taken Idle Transfiguration into account. He had indeed made a mistake.
But even with a mistake, this man still escaped! What terrifying vigilance. Why the hell didn't you have this kind of vigilance when dealing with Ryomen Sukuna?!
"And how did you use Reverse Cursed Technique without an Innate Technique? All techniques must be released through an Innate Technique, yet you could still use Reverse Cursed Technique to heal yourself even when your Innate Technique was destroyed, to the point of perfectly regenerating even your brain?" Mahito asked back.
If anyone else had asked this question, Gojo Satoru would have only laughed arrogantly, saying this was how terrifying he was and that they only needed to try their best to keep up with his heels.
But this person was Mahito, the Mahito who could fight him to this extent.
Like a kindred spirit touching upon his point of pride, Gojo Satoru said proudly, "Cursed Energy is negative energy. Even if it can strengthen the body, it cannot regenerate it. So, negative must be multiplied by negative to produce positive energy—that is the Reverse Cursed Technique. Most people only need to understand it to this point, but anyone who has studied medicine can understand other aspects."
"Medicine?"
"That's right, medicine!" Gojo Satoru curled his lips and said, "A piece of medical common sense: the human heart is an important organ that connects all the limbs and bones. In the end, what the Reverse Cursed Technique needs is not a technique, but positive energy. So, as long as you use the heart—this tiny human Domain—for temporary storage, you can immediately input positive energy into any part of the body as soon as you suffer a fatal injury!"
And the status of the heart in the Jujutsu World is actually inferior to that of the chest, abdomen, and brain. A counter-intuitive point: in the Jujutsu World, destroying the heart is useless. Compared to the brain and abdomen, the heart isn't considered a vital organ at all. Most Jujutsu Sorcerers wouldn't even target the heart.
This is also why Ryomen Sukuna didn't hesitate to destroy the heart during the Juvenile Detention Center incident in the original work. To these masters of the Reverse Cursed Technique, the heart is truly just a decoration.
Mahito understood the underlying meaning and said thoughtfully, "Conversely, even if the heart is destroyed, the Innate Technique in the brain can still be used normally. This is a double insurance. Unless the brain and heart are destroyed simultaneously, it's impossible to kill you!"
No wonder Gojo Satoru confidently said it didn't matter even if his brain and abdomen were destroyed simultaneously, because he had a third insurance: the heart!
Wait, Mahito realized: "Besides the heart, the human stomach is also an important organ for digesting nutrients and transporting them to various parts of the body. The stomach can also store positive energy! And the spine—the spine is also a bone that traverses the entire human body."
A fourth, a fifth? No, even more!
Gojo Satoru nodded vigorously and praised, "As expected of you, you get it instantly! Any organ that can transport positive energy to the limbs and bones can be used to store it. Of course, this requires extremely high Barrier Techniques, because it involves using vital human organs as a Simple Domain. One can imagine that the attainment in Barrier Techniques must not be low."
The Simple Domain Gojo Satoru mentioned here was not the Shinin Style's Profound Truth, Simple Domain, but the natural Simple Domain existing within the human body. Mahito understood.
"This isn't something that can be achieved by the Six Eyes alone. This is a combination of knowledge and imagination." Mahito lamented, "Gojo Satoru, even if you didn't have the Six Eyes and Limitless, you would still stand at the peak. I firmly believe so."
Gojo Satoru said proudly, "Of course. Who do you think I am?"
Mahito understood. This was something that could only be done with a deep understanding of both Barrier Techniques and human Domains. Even if one could truly achieve it, it required extremely high control over Cursed Energy. Because this was different from the instinct of extracting Cursed Energy from the core and releasing techniques with the frontal lobes Innate Technique; it was a behavior that required acquired training, and quite difficult at that.
No wonder other Jujutsu Sorcerers found it so unbelievable when they learned Gojo Satoru could use Reverse Cursed Technique to heal himself while fighting normally with Cursed Energy, each of them wearing an expression as if they were hearing a fairy tale.
It wasn't like Kinji Hakari's Infinite Cursed Energy. Kinji Hakari's Infinite Cursed Energy released Reverse Cursed Technique automatically, which was truly different from actively using it oneself.
Because this really was like a fairy tale. Without the Six Eyes, it would be extremely difficult to imitate even if one knew the principle. No wonder a ceiling-level figure like Sukuna couldn't heal Cursed Technique Burnout until he saw Gojo Satoru do it.
That's right, Ryomen Sukuna only realized Cursed Technique Burnout could be healed after seeing Gojo Satoru do it. Before that, even Ryomen Sukuna hadn't thought of it.
In terms of imagination and talent, Gojo Satoru was above Ryomen Sukuna!
Mahito looked deeply at Gojo Satoru and spoke calmly:
"My technique is called Idle Transfiguration."
Cursed Technique Disclosure!
Gojo Satoru held his breath, listening quietly to Mahito's Cursed Technique Disclosure.
"Since my birth, I have been able to look directly at the Souls of humans and Cursed Spirits, and I can reshape the Souls of others through touch. I discovered that the Soul and the body are perfectly one, inseparable. Therefore, as long as the Soul is reshaped, the body will also be changed by the pull of the Soul."
Gojo Satoru's reaction was extremely fast. He immediately realized why Mahito could use Domain Expansion while regenerating himself despite not having the same technique as him:
"So as long as you can maintain the state of your Soul, your body can be regenerated through Cursed Energy no matter how much it is destroyed! You were originally a Cursed Spirit, so you aren't restricted by the Reverse Cursed Technique. Although you aren't a complete Cursed Spirit now, your body can still fit your Soul. Therefore, as long as your Soul isn't destroyed, you are invincible!"
Mahito said proudly, "It seems you understand. However, that is already outdated information."
"Outdated?"
"That's right, outdated." Mahito smiled. "Just now, you personally initiated my final evolution."
Gojo Satoru was stunned. "What?"
Mahito leaned the kirigiri casually against himself and formed hand seals. The technique for the seals was very similar to the gesture of the Buddha sitting on a lotus.
That was the Nianhua Hand Seal, a seal that Gojo Satoru often used. Gojo Satoru's pupils contracted as he recognized what seal it was. It was the seal he used for the Hollow Technique!
"I have to thank you, Satoru." Mahito was as solemn and majestic as the Buddha, his voice like a startling swan. "You have allowed me to truly achieve unity of Soul and body, right at this moment!"
Hollow Technique: Soul Creation Dragon Spirit Body.
"It's the final round, Satoru!"
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